‎Collectibles‎

‎Alois SCHREIBER‎

‎Nouvel itinéraire portatif des bords du Rhin depuis Schaffhouse jusqu'en Hollande à Bade à la vallée de la Murg et à la Forêt Noire aux principaux environs et aux bains de ces contrées‎

‎Paris: Didier 1834. Fine. Didier Paris 1834 8.50 x 14 cm relié New edition. Half hazelnut sheep binding smooth spine with triple gilt fillets and showing traces of rubbing marbled paper boards marbled endpavers and pastedowns contemporary binding. Our copy is complete with the 5 folding panoramic plates but unfortunately lacks its map. Light scattered foxing. Rare. Didier hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 29091

‎Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE‎

‎Doriot ou la vie d'un ouvrier français‎

‎Saint-Denis: Les éditions populaires françaises 1936. Fine. Les éditions populaires françaises Saint-Denis 1936 13.50 x 18 cm agrafé First edition on ordinary paper. Covers slightly and marginally faded and foxed without consequence. Handsome copy considering the poor quality of this paper. Les éditions populaires françaises unknown‎

Référence libraire : 28917

‎Pierre GASCAR‎

‎Aujourd'hui la Chine‎

‎Lausanne: La guilde du livre 1955. Fine. La guilde du livre Lausanne 1955 22 x 28 cm broché First edition one of the numbered copies the only printing with 30 other copies reserved for members of La guilde du livre. Work illustrated with photographs by Ergy Landau. A fine copy. La guilde du livre unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29243

‎Remy de GOURMONT - COLLECTIF‎

‎Vers et prose N°25 & 26 de la 7ème année‎

‎Paris: Vers et Prose 1911. Fine. Vers et Prose Paris Avril-Septembre 1911 16.50 x 25 cm broché First edition. Contributions by R. de Gourmont with ""histoire tragique de la princesse Phénissa"" A. Suarès F. Jammes M. Barrès L.P. Fargue C. van Lerberghe P. Fort T. de Visan. Spine lightly faded second cover lacking small corner losses to front cover handsome interior condition. Vers et Prose unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29319

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - PREVOST (sculpsit) - DUPARC (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Femme d'Egypte dans le Harem. 2. Roche de granit. Planche 74.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 e Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29710

‎Charles MOULIN‎

‎Les propos interrompus‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de la Nouvelle France 1946. Fine. Les Editions de la Nouvelle France Paris 1946 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 230 numbered copies on white vellum the only deluxe copies. Work illustrated with a frontispiece and headpieces engraved on wood by Jean Mohler. A shadow on the justification page otherwise a handsome copy. Les Editions de la Nouvelle France hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 29179

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎Ile de Gorée Inauguration du monument élevé à la mémoire des officiers du corps de santé de la marine morts pendant l'épidémie de 1878‎

‎Saint-Louis: Imp. du gouvernement 1881. Fine. Imp. du gouvernement Saint-Louis 1881 17.50 x 26 cm broché First edition printed under the auspices of the French government. One joint slightly cracked at head a light stain of no significance at head of first cover occasional light foxing. Rare pamphlet. Imp. du gouvernement unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29506

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎Mélanges à la mémoire de Jean Sarrailh‎

‎Paris: Centre de recherches hispaniques 1966. Fine. Centre de recherches hispaniques Paris 1966 16.50 x 25 cm 2 volumes brochés sous étui First edition. Spine slightly sunned otherwise good copies. Centre de recherches hispaniques unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29261

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - MALBESTE (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Un Cheykh. 2. Barbier Egyptien. Planche 92.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 39.50 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 179 Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29742

‎Cecil TAVELET SIR‎

‎Recette pour s'élever promptement sans travail et sans mérite au-dessus de la multitude parisienne‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1950. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 11 x 14 cm broché First edition of the second version of the French translation established by Bérot de l'Arvette and printed on fine paper. Rare inscription from Sir Cecil Tavelet. S. n. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29101

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - GALIEN (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Planche 122. Figures de divinités et autres bas-reliefs.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40.50 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 179 Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29783

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎L'Occident N°83‎

‎Paris: L'Occident 1908. Fine. L'Occident Paris Octobre 1908 16.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by F. Fagus T. de Visan M. Griveau A. Cloüart. Light marginal worming to the second cover otherwise a handsome copy. L'Occident unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29323

‎Amedee JAUBERT‎

‎Voyage en Arménie et en Perse fait dans les années 1805 et 1806 par P. Amédée Jaubert‎

‎à Paris: Chez Pelicieret Nepveu 1821. Fine. Chez Pelicier et Nepveu à Paris 1821 12.50 x 20.50 cm relié First edition rare illustrated with a very large folding map of the regions between Constantinople and Tehran and 9 lithographs by Aubry Vernet. and a frontispiece portrait of the Persian prince Albas Mirza. Restoration period half light brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets and tools; roulette at foot. Marbled edges. Rubbing to boards but handsome copy with perfectly fresh paper. Amédé Jaubert orientalist was first taken by Napoleon to Egypt where he served as interpreter; in 1805 he was entrusted with an important diplomatic mission to Iran where he was to negotiate with the Shah to establish France's position in that region. During his journey he was imprisoned by the Pasha of Bayazid and thrown into a cistern for three months. The travel account describes many regions that had never been visited by Europeans. Chez Pelicieret Nepveu hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 29739

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎Poésie cahiers mensuels illustrés N°de Septembre 1927 de la 6ème année‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie d'art Le croquis 1927. Fine. Imprimerie d'art Le croquis Paris Septembre 1927 22.50 x 28.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by E. Guérin O. Charpentier G.A. d'Orfou G. Bonnamour. Issue illustrated with a portrait of A. de Musset by A. Margat and a facsimile autograph. Handsome copy. Imprimerie d'art Le croquis unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29371

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - DUPARC (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Blocs de granit. 2. Carrières de granit. Planche 68.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 e Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29705

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - BERTHAULT (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Pyramide d'Ellahoun. 2. Vue de la Pyramide de Méïdoum. 3. Pyramide de Méïdoum. 4. Pyramide de Ssakarah. Planche 26.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40.50 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 179 Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29648

‎Marcel ACHARD‎

‎Je ne vous aime pas. - La femme silencieuse‎

‎Paris: Nrf 1926. Fine. Nrf Paris 1926 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 894 numbered copies on pur fil the only deluxe copies with 109 reimposed. Handsome copy. Nrf unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29288

‎Richard WAGNER‎

‎Lettres à Emile Heckel‎

‎Paris: Charpentier 1929. Fine. Charpentier Paris 1929 12 x 19 cm broché First edition on ordinary paper of the French translation established by Louis Schneider. Signed autograph inscription by the translator. Small lacks to head of spine which also has a small tear at foot. Charpentier unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29005

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - REVILLE (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Tombeaux dans les Carrieres de Silsilis. 2. 3. et 4. Figures sculptées dans les tombeaux. Planche 76.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 e Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29714

‎(Leopold Sedar SENGHOR) - Genevieve LEBAUD‎

‎Léopold Sédar Senghor ou la poésie du royaume de l'enfance‎

‎Dakar & Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines 1976. Fine. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines Dakar • & Abidjan 1976 13.50 x 21 cm broché First edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor with an additional fine inscription by Geneviève Lebaud. Some reading marks in black ink in the text photographic cover. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines unknown‎

Référence libraire : 28973

‎Abbe Laurent BORDELON‎

‎Le voyage forcé de Becafort hypocondriaque. Qui s'imagine être indispensablement obligé de dire ou d'écrire & qui dit ou écrit en effet sans aucun égard tout ce qu'il pense des autres & de lui-même sur quelque matière que ce soit‎

‎à Paris: Chez Jean Musier 1709. Fine. Chez Jean Musier à Paris 1709 9 x 16 cm relié The rare first edition. Modern cream parchment paper boards binding. Black sheep title label. Like all satirical works by Abbé Bordelon this is a curious and unclassifiable work in which a narrator travels in the company of Becafort relating his thoughts speeches and dialogues; the work teems with criticisms and reflections on social progress women's independence the occult sciences. It is a journey without any consideration for the journey itself warns the narrator. Chez Jean Musier hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 29675

‎Dominique VIVANT DENON - BALTARD (sculpsit)‎

‎Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Tente d'Arabes. 2. Plan du Portique. 3. Portique du temple de Latopolis à Esné. Planche 54.<br />‎

‎Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40.50 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 179 Didot unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29691

‎Roger MARTIN DU GARD‎

‎Vieille France‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1933. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1933 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 647 numbered copies on pur fil paper the only deluxe copies with 49 reimposed. A small stain at the foot of the front cover handsome copy. Gallimard unknown‎

Référence libraire : 28989

‎Nicolas BOINDIN‎

‎Oeuvres‎

‎à Paris: Chez Prault 1753. Fine. Chez Prault à Paris 1753 9.50 x 17 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition. Illustrated with two folding maps in the second volume showing the states of Roman tribes. Full grained calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label and volume labels. A small lack to the cover of volume I. Pale and light yellow dampstain at beginning of work. Handsome copy. These works contain a memoir on the life of Boindin by Boindin himself his theatrical pieces volume II containing various studies and research by the author: on the sounds of language phonetic studies on Roman names on Roman tribes and finally on ancient theatre. Boindin was an essential figure in 18th-century intellectual life one of the central figures at café Procope where he was one of the principal debaters. His comedies enjoyed some success the first was written in collaboration with Houdar de la Motte; the various memoirs that compose volume II were presented by the author when he joined the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Medals. Chez Prault unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29330

‎Marcel JOUHANDEAU‎

‎De l'abjection‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1939. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1939 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition published anonymously printed in 1240 copies on châtaignier paper a Service de Presse advance copy. Marginal worming to front cover. Gallimard unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29067